jolly

Origin: From , jolif, from , jolif. For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is whether the Old French word is from , in which case, equivalent to , compare , , joalich, . Alternatively, the Old French adjective has been conjectured to derive from a (from , more at joy), in which case it would require Early Old French to irregularly become in jolif rather than being dropped, which is the usual case (alternatively, may be a hiatus filler inserted into expected *joïf). A possible parallel of to can be seen in the French name Valois, according to one hypothesis from La. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).